Combination bed, chair, and table.



T. ENGSTRAND;

GOMBINATION BBD, OHAIR, AND TABLE.

APPLIOATION PILED NOV. 8, 1911.

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NTTE %TATE% PATENT FECE THEODOR ENGSTBAND, OF DANSVILLE, NEW YORK;

COMBINATION BEID, CEAIR, AND TABLE.

Application filed November S, 1911.

TO all whom- Z' may concem Be it known that I, THEODOR ENGSTRAND,subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Dansville, in the county ofLivingston and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulTmprovements in Combination Beds, Chairs, and Tables, of which thefollowing is a Specification.

This invention relates to household furniture, and more particularly toa convertible bed, Chair and table, and is an improvement Over my patentissued July 25, 1911, Number 998561.

The object Of the invention is to provide a convertible article offurniture the construction of which is such that it may be extended toform a bed and readily converted into a Chair or used as a combinedChair and table.

A further Object of the invention is to provide an article of furnitureof simple and durable construction the arrangement of the parts of whichis such that the device may be compactly folded for transportation orStorage.

A still further object Of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andefiiciency.

Further objects and advantages Will appear in the following description,it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minordetails of construction may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which z Figure l isa perspective view of my article of furniture showing the same extendedto form a bed; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the article convertedinto a combined table and Chair or bench; Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional View of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing thedevice folded to form a Chair; Fig. 5 is a Vertical sectional view ofFig. 4; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1; F ig. 7 is adetailed Perspective View of a portion of the device showing the mannerof supporting the arms of the table on one Of the cross bars of the lazytongs; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the structure transformed into areclining Chair.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3,1912.

Serial NO. 659,215.

in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same referencecharacters.

The impro-ved device forming thesubject matter of the present inventioncomprises an inclined supporting frame 5 including spaced side barsconnected by transverse bars 6 and 7 and a top bar 8 as shown. Pivotallyconnected at 9 with the side bars of the main frame 5 are lazy tongs,the intersecting levers 11 of which are of equal height and connected bytransverse rounds 12. The intermediate bar 7 is pivotally mountedbetween the side bars of the supporting frame 5 and secured to the saidtransverse bar are a plurality of pivotally connected sections 13, 14and 15, each section being formed of longitudinally disposed bars 16spaced apart and interposed between and pivotally connected with thebars Of an adjacent section.

The longitudinal bars of the outer section 15 are adapted to fit betweenthe longitudinal bars of the intermediate section 14 so as to form asmooth upper surface constitutng a table 17. The outer ends of theintermediate bars of the section 15 are connected together by atransverse bar 18 adapted to bear against the upper surface of the barsof the intermediate section 14 when the section is folded within theOuter section, as best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The outermost bars of the section 15 are freely pivoted to theintermediate bars thereof and the said outermost bars at the innerportions of their free ends are notched as at 15 the object of whichwill be eX- plained hereinafter. v

The terminal transverse bar 12' is pivotally mounted between theadjacent levers of the lazy tongs and secured to said transverse ber isan auxiliary section 19 formed of relatively short stationary bars 20and movable bars 21, the movable bars 21 being pivotally connected tothe free ends of the stationary bars 20 and adapted when folded betweenthe bars 20 to form a smooth upper surface constituting a bench or seat,and when folded between the bars of the Outer section 15 to form acontinuation of the bottom of the bed, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

The transverse bar 7 of the main supporting frame 5 is preferablydisposed in a plane slightly above the upper connecting bars 12 of thelazy tongs so that when the sections 13, 14 and 15 are moved to extendedpositions to form the bottom of the bed the section 13 will be arrangedat a slight angle or inclination with respect to the section 14 and thusform a head rest. The connecting bar 12" of the lazy tongs is rigidlysecured thereto and is provided at its opposite ends with terminalrecesses 22 to accommodate the notched ends 15' of the outermost bar 15,when the structure is transformed into a table, as illustrated in Fig. 7of the drawings. Secured to the inner faces of some of the levers 11forming the lazy tongs are cleats 26 having at their lower portionsnotches 26. These notches are to receive the lower ends of the Outerbars 15 when the structure is converted into a table, and thus the topof the table is eifectually supported by the said cleats.

The upper portions of two of the levers comprising the lazy tongs arecut away, as ndicated at 27, there being links 28 pivotally connectedtogether with the said shortened levers' 11 at 27. The inner ends ofthese links swing in a downward directon when the structure istransformed into a table and a seatso that ample room is provided forone to pass through the Opening thus formed to get in front of the tableand rest upon the seat. When the structure is elongated into a bed, thesaid links 28 will approximately assume alinement with each other andthereby limit the elongation of the structure. Pivotally mounted on therear end of the intermediate section 14 are looking rods 31 the freeends of which are provided with hooks 32 to engage suitable eyes 33mounted on the side bars constituting the main frame 5 so as to assistin holding the table in a v horizontal position.

. drawings, after which the sections 13, 14

and 15 are moved to extended positions with their lower faces resting onthe upper transverse bars 12 and 12". The movable bars 21 of theauxiliary section 20 are then swung laterally On their pivotal axes andfitted between the longitudinal bars of the outer section 15, thusforming a smooth surface for a mattress or the like. When the device isused as a combination table and seat, the longitudinal bars comprisingthe outer section 15 are folded between the adjacent section 14 and saidsection swung upwardly and laterally to the position shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, after which the outermost bars 15 are swung downwardlywithin the seating recesses or notches 22 with their iliary section 20are folded within the stationary bars of said section to form a seat,and the lazy tongs moved longitudinally in the directon of the mainframe 5 until the seat is adjusted to the desired position with relationto the table, thus permitting the device to be used as a combined tableand seat or bench. A hook 12 is pivotally mounted .upon the transversebar 12 and is adapted to be engaged with the adjacent transverse bar 12so as to hold the parts in the position described.

When the device is to be used as a Chair, the sections 14 and 15 arefolded one within the other and the said sections, together with theshort section 13, moved laterally in the directon of the main supporting'frame 5, after which the lazy tongs are collapsed until the auxiliarysection 19 abuts against the lower ends of the sections 14 and 15, asbest illustrated in Fg. 4 of the drawings. A hook 8 is pivotally mountedupon the intermediate portion of the cross bar 8 of the frame 5 and isadapted to be engaged with an eye 8" mounted upon the pivoted end of Oneof the innermost bars 14 and thus the said bars 14 are held in positionwith relation to the frame 5 and serve as the back of the Chair; Hingedfor Vertical swinging movement on-the main frame 5 is a head restdesigned to be used in connection with the device when the latter isconverted into a Chair. The said head rest comprises a substantiallyrectangular frame 34 having at its r 7' lower ,edge hooks 34' whichare'adapted to be engaged with the eyes 33, whereby the said head rest34 may be held approximately in alinement with the frame 5 or may besupported at a desired angle of-'inclination with relation to the saidframe to form a reclining rest for the head. V

The bars 14 are connected together by a transverse bar 14' the ends ofwhich project beyond the Outermost bars 14. This transverse bar servesas a support for the bars 15 when they are folded within the bars 14 andalso serves as a brace for the intermediate portion of the table whenthe device is converted into a table and the said bar 14' further servesas a means for bracing the' back of the chair when the article isconverted into the same.

The levers 11 next the side bars of the frame 5 and parallel therewithare connect- 11". These braces assist to support the free edge portionof the seat' When the structure is converted into a combined table andseat and the said braces support the foot portion of the structure Whenit is converted into a bed and serve to brace the structure at thepoints Where the bars 15 and 21 overlap each other When the structure isin the form of a bed.

Having thus described the invention, What s claimed as neW is:

.st device of the class described including an end france, eyes mountedthereon, a head rest hingedly connected With the frame, hooks carried bythe head rest and engageable With the eyes to support the head at adesired angle, lazy tong leVers connected With the frame, transversebars connecting said levers at the opposite sides of the frame together,a hook mounted upon One of the transverse bars and engageable With anadjacent transverse bar to hold the lazy tong levers spaced at apredetermned distance apart, two of the lazy tong levers at theintermedlate porton of the structure being shorter than the other lazytong levers, links pivotally connected together and pivotally connectedat their ends With the shorter lazy tong leVers and adapted to swin in ad0Wn- Ward direction at their inner ends to provide space at the side ofthe structure for ingress and egress, sections pivotally connectedtogether and pivotally connected With the end frame, and hooks carriedby the sections and engageable With said eyes.

In testmony Whereof I atfix Iny signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THEODOR ENGSTRAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressin'g' the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

